Økokrim (full translated name: Norwegian National Authority for the Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime; Økokrim is short for Økonomisk Kriminalitet ("Economic Crime")) is Norway's central unit for fighting economic, environmental and computer related crimes. The unit, created in 1989, has its main office in Oslo. The Kingdom of Norway is a Nordic country on the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, bordering Sweden, Finland and Russia, with territorial waters bordering Danish and British waters. ... County Oslo NO-03 Landscape Viken Municipality NO-0301 Administrative centre Oslo Mayor (2004) Per Ditlev-Simonsen (H) Official language form Neutral Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 224 454 km² 426 km² 0. ...
Økokrim is both a police unit and a prosecution authority. The current director is the chief public prosecutor Einar Høgetveit. The unit is organized in multidisciplinary teams headed by public prosecutors. Each team has a specific field of expertise, such as corruption, computer crime or fraud. For the band, see The Police. ... Criminal law (also known as penal law) is the body of law that regulates governmental sanctions (such as imprisonment and/or fines) as retaliation for crimes against the social order. ... This article is about political corruption. ... Computer crime or e-crime is crime in which a computer plays an essential part. ... In the broadest sense a fraud is any crime (or civil wrong) for gain that utilises some deception practiced on the victim as its principal method. ...
The organization has played an important role in some major legal cases. For example, in 2002 and 2003 during the DeCSS legal proceedings it prosecuted Jon Lech Johansen, who was assisted in his defense by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and again in 2003 Økokrim arrested Mullah Krekar, alleged leader of the KurdishIslamist group, Ansar al-Islam. DeCSS is a computer program capable of decrypting content on a DVD video disc encrypted using the Content Scrambling System (CSS). ... Jon Lech Johansen (born November 18, 1983), also known as DVD Jon, is a Norwegian who was involved in the release of the DeCSS software. ... The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is a non-profit advocacy and legal organization with the stated purpose of being dedicated to preserving first amendment rights in the context of todays digital age. ... Mullah Krekar is alleged to be the leader of Ansar al-Islam. ... Kurds are one of the Iranian peoples and speak Kurdish, a north-Western Iranian language related to Persian. ... Islamism is a political ideology derived from the conservative religious views of Muslim fundamentalism. ... Ansar al-Islam (Arabic: انصار الاسلام, Supporters or Partisans of Islam) is an Islamist group, promoting a radical interpretation of Islam and holy war. ...
Økokrim (full translated name: Norwegian National Authority for the Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime; Økokrim is short for Økonomisk Kriminalitet ("Economic Crime")) is Norway's central unit for fighting economic, environmental and computer related crimes.
Økokrim is both a police unit and a prosecution authority.
For example, in 2002 and 2003 during the DeCSS legal proceedings it prosecuted Jon Lech Johansen, who was assisted in his defense by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and again in 2003 Økokrim arrested Mullah Krekar, alleged leader of the Kurdish Islamist group, Ansar al-Islam.
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